Frank Forest Monroe

Husband of Dorothy L Phillips.  Born July 12, 1883.  Lived in Knox County, Ohio when he registered for the draft.  Father of Carroll F Monroe (1910-19??) (male) and Lauretta Guillet (1913-1963).

Dorothy Phillips (Monroe)

holding Nancy Monroe 1938

Dorothy (Dorsey) Phillips.  Mother of Lauretta Guillet (monroe).  Married to Frank Forest Monroe.

Mary Louise Guillet (Green)

Mary Louise was born 1875.  Her father was George Samuel Green (junior) and mother was Laura Orth.  She Married Edward Guillet on October 10, 1895.  They had four children:  Adelaide, Stanly, Ross (1910) and Mary Lou. She passed away in 1919.

early part of the century with husband and eldest child

Edward Henry Guillet

The fourth child and third son of Alexandre and Adelaide Guillet was born in Boston, Massachusetts on May 25, 1874.  The family moved to Cleveland, Ohio about 1890 where he graduated from Central High School.  He was musically inclined playing drums in several bands and joining his brother Victor in string ensembles.  his son Ross recalls Edward played to entertain the family and he took much pleasure in listening to classical and opera music on his Victorola.  He enjoyed baseball.

He entered the laundry business in Columbus, Ohio and continued for many years.  He became a partner in Penn Sanitary Laundry in Cleveland.  The company endured through the stock market crash of 1929.

He married Mary Louise Green on October 10, 1895.  Their mutual interest in music brought them together.  They had four children: Adelaide, Stanley, Ross (1910) and Mary Lou.  His wife died in 1919 and Edward cared for the 2 younger children with the help of housekeepers until 1931 when the youngest finished high school.  He remarried Kathleen Fitzgerald in 1933.

he died of natural causes on October 1, 1946.

Amanda Ruth Hoyt (Watson)

7/2004

Amanda was born July 1, 1974 in Atlanta Georgia to Steve and Lynda Watson.  Amanda's father left a year later.  She moved to El Paso Texas in fifth grade.  After middle school she needed to move to Ohio to live with her dad and step mother, Claudette.  She attended the original Olentangy High School.  She was on the cross country team, home coming court and student body.  Immediately after high school she joined the Army reserves.  She went through Basic training and then Advanced Training as a medic in San Antonio, Texas.  When she returned she chose to live with the family of a high school friend rather than her father.  Joan and John Peiffer and their three boys became a surrogate family to Amanda.  Amanda enrolled in school at Ohio State University.  During weekend Army drill Amanda met Brue Hoyt.  They lived togther for a year and a half before breaking up.  They began dating again by the summer of 1996.  A year later they were married on July 26, 1997.  She moved into the house he owned on Aberdeen Ave in Columbus Ohio.  She graduated from OSU with a degree in Women's studies in winter 1998.  She quickly acquired employment in the Ohio Senate as a legislative aid for Senator Linda Furney whom she had interned for a year earlier.

Amanda went on to work for Herington, the Minority Leader in the Senate.

April 13, 2004 she had her first Child, Lillian.  December 8, 2006 she had her second child, Eleanor. 

Amanda left the state for a brief time to work for Moresteam.com.  She returned to the state in the Treasurers office.  When Capri Cafaro became minority leader of the senate, she asked Amanda to be her chief of staff.  She is currently working in the private sector utilizing networks and experience gained in public life.

July 2010

Steven David Watson 1942 -

Steven David Watson was born Dec. 14, 1942 to Herbert and Louise Watson.  He was married to Lynda Treat in 1965 and had they had four children: Lisa Ann Tilson (Watson)(June 11, 1965), Paul David Watson (October 14, 1967), Teresa Lynn Cano (Watson) (July 16, 1970), and Amanda Ruth Hoyt (Watson) (July, 1, 1974).  The family Lived in Atlanta Georgia in 1974.  He divorced Lynda in 1975.  Steve worked as an engineer in Mansfield, Ohio where he met Claudette Inscore Hoffman.  He married Claudetteand April 8, 1981.  They moved to Delaware, Ohio where they had built their own log cabin on Ford Road.  His daughter Amanda moved in with him before starting high school in 1988 and lived with them until she graduated, June 1992.  Steve and Claudette retired and moved to  Santa Theresa,  NM, a suburb of El Paso, Texas in 2006.  He moved there to be in the sun and live near his daughters Lisa and Teresa.  He lives with his wife, Claudette, and runs a custom golf cart business called Mountain View Golf Carts.

Lydia Stone Potts (Hoyt)

Lydia Stone Hoyt was born January 30, 1882 in North Monroeville, OH.  Her parents William Jules (Judd) Hoyt  and Harriet (Hattie) M. Hoyt.   Lydia's parents had the same last name because they were second cousins.  The Hoyt line can be traced back to Walter Hoyt  of Somerset, England.   He came to the US in 1629.  She was a licensed practical nurse.  She was working in a hospital when she met George Herbert Potts.  On May 3, 1909 she married George in Sandusky, Ohio.  After her husband died in July 1942 her son, Wallace, was hospitalized for mental illness at Toledo State Hospital.  Lydia came to stay with Wallace's wife and two boys.  She moved to Spokane Washington with Wallace and his family in 1943.  She died of Heart Failure November 2, 1945 in Seattle Washington.  She was buried in Acacia Cemetery.

Louella Golden Guillet (Acra) 1916 - 2006

Lou Acra (1916-2006)

July 1997

Mountaineer Echo Newspaper Week of January 26, 2006 issue: Mrs. Louella GOLDEN GUILLET, age 89, died Thursday, January 5, 2006. She was born October 11, 1916 in Middletown, Ohio, the second oldest of seven children to Walter ACRA and Nellie STAPLES. She graduated from Middletown High School in 1934. She retired in 1968 as a secretary with Monsanto Chemical in Miamisburg, Ohio and moved with her husband Ross GUILLET, to Lakeview Arkansas. She was a hospice Volunteer, helped found and was a Volunteer for the Baxter County Arkansas Library and wrote a newspaper column for the Lake River Times in Bull Shoals, Arkansas for several years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ross in 1995; her parents; sisters, Meredith PECK, and Jan BACK; and her brother, Milton ACRA. Mrs. GUILLET is survived by her son; four stepdaughters; one brother; two sisters; numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. 

She was born Oct 11, 1916 in Middletown, Ohio to Charles and Nellie Ruth Staples Acra.  Second of seven children.  I always knew her as Grandma Lou and until I was 8 or 9, I did not know she was a step grandma.  Though she was not my biological grandmother, I always thought of her as such since she married my grandpa before I was born.  She sent letters often (always typed).  She was one of the nicest people you'd meet.  She was married in Sep. 1934 to Milan Alexander and had a son, James Alexander (last known to me living in Virginia in 2007), from that marriage.  They were divorced in 1947.  She married my Grandpa Ross Guillet April 24, 1964

Lauretta Elizabeth Guillet (Monroe) 1913 - 1963

1938

Lauretta Monroe was born April 10, 1913, the fourth and last child of Frank Forest and Dorothy Phillips Monroe, in Mt. Vernon, Ohio.  1913 was a year long remembered because of flooding caused by heavy rains in the Ohio River Valley.

Lauretta (Laurie or Rett) enjoyed a normal childhood, probably pampered because she was the youngest child and only girl.  She participated in sports and loved to go fishing.  Following high school she entered Western Reserve University School of Nursing and graduated in 1935.

She worked hospital, private duty, and clinical nursing, and several summers as a camp nurse at Ho Mita Koda (a camp for diabetic children).  It was at camp that she met Ross Guillet.  They were married August 13, 1938.

She was the proud mother of four daughters (Dorothy, Linda, Jane and Sally) who reflected her loving care and interest.  Camping with her family was a great joy.  She was involved with the Red Cross and Church activities.

Lauretta was diagnosed with brain cancer.  She is not in the video of Linda's wedding September 1962 she was mostly hospitalized in her final year of life.  My father describes her battle with cancer very difficult.  She succumed to cancer in Ohio Februaury 27, 1963 after a long hard fight. 

It has never been pursued as far as I know but her husband worked with Polonium for years and I wonder if there was a connection to her cancer.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polonium#Toxicity

George Herbert Potts

George Herbert Potts was born July 31, 1878 in  Manchester, England (a less reliable account states he was born in Yorkshire).  His parents were Edward Potts and Sarah Ackroyd.  George studied Civil Engineering at Cambridge University in England. George was married Dec 26, 1903 in Bolton, Lancashire, England to Mary Yates  They had one child, Lucy Yates Potts.  George left Mary.  He came to the United States by way of Canada.

While working as an engineer on a crane explaining what needed to be done, he fell.  He was badly injured and was hospitalized.  While in the hospital he met Lydia Stone Hoyt.  They were married.  Berry Vernon, son of Lucy Yates, records the date of George's marriage to Lydia as May 3, 1909.  George and Lydia's daughter in law, Wilda, told me the marriage was not legal and writes that George was not a US citizen ans that it caused Lydia to need to be "repatriated in October 1943 in Toledo, Ohio."

They had four children:  Herbert Jay Potts born in Denver, Colorado Aug 19 1910,  Ada Margaret Kinsella (Potts) born in Cleveland, OH August 10 1906, Elsa Wallace Florian (Potts) born Sep 6, 1913.  and Wallace Potts Hoyt (Hoyt Potts) born in Norwalk, Ohio March 17, 1917.

George died of Tuberculosis July 4, 1942 in Green Springs, Ohio.

Ancestry of Lillian and Eleanor Hoyt

Lily and Eleanor are (approximately)

55% English
14% Scottish
11% Manx
6% Mexican 
5% Welsh 
3% French
3% Irish
1% German  
1% Bahaman
1% East African




1a. Lillian Jane Hoyt (2004- )
1b. Eleanor Watson Hoyt (2006- )

Parents
2. Brue McCallister Hoyt (1967- )
3. Amanda Ruth Hoyt (Watson)  (1974- )

Grandparents
4. Sean McCallister Hoyt  (1941- )
5. Linda Lauretta Guillet (1941-2010)
6. Steven David Watson  (1942- )

7. Lynda Watson (Treat)  (1945- 2013)


Great grandparents (1910-2011)
8. Wallace Potts Hoyt (Hoyt Potts) (1916-1979)
9. Wilda Irene Hoyt (McCallister) (1918-2009)
10. Ross Alexander Guillet (1910-1996)
11. Lauretta Guillet (Monroe) (1913-1963)
12. Herbert Hoover Watson (1918-1989)
13. Mary Louise Watson (Caudill) (1918-2011)
14. Ralph Vernon Treat (1924-c.2002)
15. Ruth Parker (1925-c.2001)

Great Great Grandparents  (1862-1992)
16. George Herbert Potts born in Manchester, England (1878-1942) came to USA
17. Lydia Stone Hoyt (1882-1945)
18. William Frank McCallister (Ferguson) (1890-1981)
19. Bernice Marie McCallister (Roach, Docherty) (1896-1992)
20. Edward H. Guillet (1874-1946)
21. Mary Louise Guillet (Green) (1875-1919)
22. Frank F. Monroe  (? 1961)(m. 1905)
23. Dorothy Monroe (Phillips) (1883-?)

24. Samuel Joseph Watson (1869-1930)
25. Rosa Belle Lowrie (1885-1963)
26. Benjamin Everett Caudill (1877-1939)
27. Lillie Alma Swift (1898-c1991)
28. Ralph Mortimer Treat (1888-1954)
29. Amanda Aguayo (or Aguago) (1891- after 1985)
30. Immanuel Chisum Parker (1862-1938)
31. Beulah Edgar Harris (1884- after 1924)

Great Great Great Grandparents (1827-1933)
32. Edward Potts (1839-1909) born in England English
33. Sarah Potts (Akroyd) (1838-1898) born in England English
34. William "Judd" Jules Hoyt - English
35. Harriet "Hattie" M. Hoyt (1849-1917) English
36. William Ferguson - English
37. Melvina Ferguson (Peters) - English
38. Edward John Docherty (1870-1933) Manx
38b. James Edwin Roach -Adoptive father of Bernice
39. Lydia Roach (Caley, Evo) (1871-1945) Probably English -Maybe French, but possibly Manx.
40. Alexander Guillet (1843-?) born in France
41. Adelaide Abbott (1843-?) born in France to English and Bahaman parents
42. George Samuel Green  (1844 or 50 -1925) born Isle of Mann Manx
43 Mary Ann Walsh (1853-1918) (m. 1870) born Isle of Mann of Irsh decent came to USA
44. Franklin Lincoln Monroe (1861-1933) probable birth place Scotland Scottish
45. Mary Elizabeth Jamison  (1865-
46. William Phillips (1854 or 44-?) probable Welsh possibly Irish decent
47. Sarah Wright (1856-?)

48. John Wesley Watson (1847-1914) probable English
49. Mary Elizabeth Glover (1848-1912)probable English/East African
50. James Henry Lowrie (1853-1930) probable English
51. Charlotte Lyon (1864-1923) probable English (Irish or Scottish)
52. James Harrison Caudill (1839-1924) probable Scottish
53. Sarah Jane Tilley  probable English
54. Tipton Monro Swift probable English (scottish or irish)
55. Susan Misela Danners probable Scottish or English from Denmark
56. George Sullivan Treat probable English
57. Millicent Newcombe probable English
58. Jose Maria deAguayo (1827-1901) born in Mexico Mexican
59. Francisca Hill (1850-1926) born in Mexico Mexican
60. Alexander C. Parker (1835-?) probable English
61. S. A. Parker (1837-?) probable English
62. Robert Early Harris probable English
63. __________ probable English


Great Great Great Great Grandparents (1799-1949)
64. Edward Potts (1807-1880) Engish
65. Mary Elizabeth Diggle (1806-c. 1853) Engish
66. William Ackroyd (1801-1854) Engish
67. Beatrice Astley (1812-1859) Engish
68. William Blashfield Hoyt Engish
69. Mary Ann Willard Engish
70. John J. Hoyt Engish
71. Esther H. Burrit Engish
72. ________ Ferguson Engish
73._________    assumed Engish
74._________ Peters Engish
75. ____________assumed Engish
76. Thomas Docherty (1841-1919) born on Isle of Mann Manx of Irish decent came to Canada then USA
77. Mary Docherty (Racknor) (1851-1949) born Germany. German came to Canada then USA
78. George Evo (1828-1872) born Canada of English descent -possibly french
79. Elizabeth Evo (Munson) (1842-1875) born Canada of English descent -possibly french
78b Thomas Caley -adoptive parent of Lydia Caley  -born Isle of Mann
79b. Sarah Caley (Looney) -adoptive parent of Lydia Caley -born Isle of Mann



80. Guillaume Guillet (1814-1884) French
81. Helen Esparcieux (1818-1901) French
82. Henry Abott born in England Engish 
83. Rose _____ from Bahamas
84. John Green (1820-?) m. 1834
85. Esther Glick
86. Pat Walsh
87. Mary Loftus
88. George Monroe
89. Elizabeth
90 William R. Jamison (1833-?) - born in Canada -parents from ireland
91 Delilah Hogue 1836 -   born in USA
92 Phillips
93
94 Daniel R. Wright (1818-1885)
95 Ann Hording (1822-?)

96. Jonathan Watson (1799-1855)
97. Susan Feathers (1820-1892)
98. William Glover (1820-1903)
99. Kizziaor Kizzah (1825-1903) likely East African
100. ____ Lowrie
101.
102. Samuel Lyon
103. Adeline _____
104. Caudill
105
106 Tilley
107
108 Swift
109
110Danners
111

112 Treat
113
114 Newcombe
115
116 Angel deAguayo Mexican
117 Antonia Perez Mexican
118 James Alexander (Santiago) Hill 1810-1900 b. in USA m. in Mexico d. USA Mexican?
119 Fernada Hill (Quitana)  1820-1873 born in Mexico, Mexican
120 Parker
121. 
122. Parker
123.
124. Harris
125
126
127


Great Great Great Great Great Grandparents (1785-1870)

Joseph Guillet (c.1785-?) (m. Catherine Berger) = parents of Guillamme Guillet
Agatha Esparcieux (m. ____Chatagnier) = parents of Helene Esparcieux
Edward Henry Abbott (?m. Amy)  =parents of Henry Abbott
?
Joseph Green (1785- ?)(m. Elinor Brown) = parents of John Green
Glick
Walsh
Loftus
Monroe
?
Charles Jamison (1808- ? ) born in Ireland (m. Mary_____) = parents of William Jamison
William Hogue (1804-1870)  born in USA (m. Elizabeth Bricker 1810-1870)
Phillips
?
William Wright (m. Mary Daniels aka McDaniels)
Hording
George Evo - born Canada of English descent
Jane Evo (Clement) - born Canada of English descent


John G. Watson (d. c1820) (m. 1793)  Christianna Headrick =parents of Jonathan Watson
Humphrey Hensley Hill  (m. Mary Elizabeth Alexander) =parents of  James Alexander  Hill

6x Great Grandparents (1760-1860)

Antonerie Esparcieux (m. ____ Hughes) parents of Agatha Esparcieux
Jacob Bricker (m. Elizabeth Koonsman) =parents of Elizabeth Bricker
Robert Hogue (c. 1760- 1827) born in USA  (m. Phebe Hammill 1767-1860 born in USA)
John Wright (m. Ann Amons) = parents of William Wright

Jonathan Watson (d-c.1799)(m. Martha) parents of John G. Watson


7x Great Grandparents (1719-1807)

Alexander Esparcieux (m. ____ Lempereur) -parents of Antonerie Esparcieux
Lewis (Ludwig) Bricker or Praker born in Germany (m. Elizabeth Calvert) = parents of Jacob Bricker
Robert Hammill (1719-1803) possibly born in Ireland (m. Jean Shields 1735-1807) of pennsylvania= parents of Phebe Hammill

8x Great Grandparents (1694-?)
Cecil Calvert born in England =father of Elizabeth Cavert
Edward Green (1694-?) POSSIBLY ancestor of Joseph Green Robert Hammill born in Ireland =father of Robert Hammill 
Matthew Shields =father of Jean Shields  Scottish?

9x Great Grandparents (16__- ?)
Robert Green father of Edward POSSIBLY ancestor of Joseph Green

W. Frank McCallister 1890 - 1981

My great grandfather (Grampy Mac) Frank McCallister (Born William Frank Ferguson) was the son of Melvina Peters and William Ferguson.   He was their fourth son. He was born October 4, 1890 in Ohio.  Older brothers Roy and Claude and younger brother Charles.  His mother died giving birth to a girl.  Melvina's sister, Ida Mae (Peters) McCallister,  and her husband, Delman McCallister took in Frank to raise.  Though he changed his name to McCallister, he was never legally adopted.  His brothers never forgave him for changing his name.
Frank taught school.  Later he moved to Flint, Michigan where he worked at Buick #4 and met Bernice Roach.  They were married June 14, 1916.
Frank tried to start  Cosmetics Company in Flint under the name of Puritas Labs.
Frank and Delman went into farming and bought farms in partnership totally 220 acres.
Frank had his first daughter Wilda March 13, 1913. Twelve years on June 28th they had their second child, Joyce.  Both daughters were born at home.
They sold the farm in 1967 and moved to a place on Hugo Street in Maumee, Ohio.   In 1976 they moved to Ashland, Ohio with Wilda and her husband.  A year later they moved to a house in Lexington, Kentucky purchased by Joyce.
Frank died January 20, 1981 at the age of 91.
I remember visiting with him in the 70's.  Mostly I rememeber him sitting in his arm chair eating from a bowl of candy.

Lillian and Eleanor Hoyt

Lillian Jane Hoyt was born April 13, 2004.  She was born in the same hospital where her parents, Brue and Amanda Hoyt, met.  We liked the name Lillian and Amanda had a grandma Lillie.  My aunt's name is Jane.  Amanda's best friend's middle name was also Jane.  She has participated in gymnastics, swimming and soccer and loves to play with her friends.  She went to Overbrook Preschool and is currently in 5th grade at Indianola Informal K-8, Columbus City Schools.  She is talented in dance.  She enjoys reading, writing and drawing.

Eleanor Watson Hoyt was born December 8, 2006.  She was also born in Riverside Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.  Eleanor received her mom's maiden name for a middle name.  Eleanor also went to Overbrook preschool and is now in second grade at Indianola.  She is a veracious reader.  She loves to play soccer and participate in the fine and performing arts.

Bernice Marie McCallister (Roach) 1892 - 1988

My Great Grandmother "Grammy Mac," daughter of Lydia Caley and Edward Docherty, was born in   1892.  After Docherty left the family Lydia the married Ed Roach.  Ed adopted Bernice and her name was legally made Bernice Roach.  Bernice had two half siblings from Ed and Lydia:  Mildred and Glenn (both died prior to 1983).  She also had 11 half siblings from Docherty and Rose Watz whom she most likely did not know.
Bernice married Frank McCallister on June 16, 1916.  They lived with Frank's parents for the first six months but Bernice and Franks mom, Ida, did not get along.  They had a daughter, Wilda, March 3, 1918.  They bought a farm in Ohio with Frank's dad.  June 30, 1930 they had their second daughter, Joyce.
Bernice and Frank sold the farm in 1967 and moved to Hugo St, Maumee, Ohio.    In 1976 they moved to a duplex in Ashland with Wilda and her husband living in the other half.
 In 1977 Bernice moved into a house in Tennessee bought by Joyce.  Her husband, Frank, died January 20, 1981.  Joyce transferred to Florida and Bernice followed and moved into a retirement home in Kissimee.  She passed away in at age 93 on 24 Jan 1988.

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Ross Alexander Guillet 1910 - 1996

Ross > Linda > Brue > Lillian

Ross Alexander Guillet was born in Linden Heights, Franklin County, Ohio on February 27, 1910 according to many accounts though one version of the birth certificate states 1909.  Ross states the dept of health Certificate to be in error.   There was also a mix-up on the given name discovered during an FBI security check.  One account stating his first name Alexander and the other Ross.  He went by Ross Alexander Guillet his whole life.

His parents were Edward and Louise Guillet.

Boy Scouting was a consuming interest that continued into his twenties. Ross was awarded the Honor of Eagle Scout Nov 12, 1925.  Ross went to Shaw High School in Cleveland, Ohio (graduated 1928?).   He went college at Western Reserve University in Cleveland and The University of Alabama.   It was a boy scout connection made possible a job with Dr. Henry John at his camp for diabetic children: NoMita Koda in Newbury, Ohio (1938). 

While at the camp he met Lauretta Monroe. They were married August 13, 1938.  They had four daughters: Dorothy December 5 1939, Linda (Mar 30, 1941), Jane July 14, 1943 and Sarah Nov, 21 1946.


Ross worked in Chemical and Biological fields at the Cleveland Clinic and Trojan Powder in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.  His final employment from the early forties through the late sixties was at Mound Laboratory (Monsanto).   The Monsanto Company of Miamisburg, Ohio was recruited by General Leslie Groves of the Manhattan Project in 1943 to produce Polonium for the atomic bomb.  Trojan was also a military nuclear endeavor.


In February 1963 while in Miamisburg, his wife died of cancer.

With grand children Brue Hoyt and Sarah Dougher 1969

He later married Louella Acra, who also worked at Monsanto, April 24, 1964.  Lou and Ross both retired from Mound Labs in July 1970 and moved to Lakeview, Arkansas.  The house was situated over the White River (famous for Trout fishing) where he fished daily.  They had large gardens and a small home with a screened in back porch and attached garage.

My most fond memory of my Grandpa Ross was him giving me wheel barrow rides down the dirt road past the sunflower garden by his house near Bull Shoals Arkansas.  He made the best smoked trout - I have never found anything close.  He loved to watch birds.  I remember staring at the humming birds feeding in his back yard.  I always remember him with a pipe in his mouth (a contributing factor in his death to cancer).

He passed September, 18 1996 in Mountain Home, Ark.

Wilda Irene Hoyt (McCallister) 1918 - 2009

July 1997

Wilda Irene McCallister was the first daughter of Frank and Bernice McCallister.  She was born March 3rd, 1918. She has a sister, Joyce, 12 years younger.  She was born at home in Tod township on Crawford county and Wyandot County line road in Ohio.  She was raised on a general farm.
Wilda had lessons on piano, violin, cello, and organ.  She played violin in high school orchestra and graduated from Eden High School  salutatorian.  She went to Business University (now Tiffin University) she played cello in college.  While at college she roomed with Augusta Jenner (b. dec 26, '17 - d. may 19, '10) and worked as a cook in the rooming house.
After the 11 month course she left home to live on 10th ave with Augusta in Columbus.  She worked for Ohio Church Council as a secretary in '38.  Later she went to Nationwide Insurance as a typist.  She moved home after she lost her job.  Soon after she got a Civil Service job at Ohio State as a secretary for Dr. Raymond Bennet in the College of education for 2 and a half years.   She roomed with Rudolf King and is wife on 16th Ave.  It was here on December 16, 1939 she met Wallace Hoyt Potts (who later changed his name to Wallace Potts Hoyt). One year later on December 16th they were married in the Olentangy Village Apartments in the apartment of mutual friend Eleanor Ludeman.  Trinity Episcopal Minister Anson Stokes performed the ceremony.  Their parents did not attend the wedding.  Her parents refused because they thought lowly of Wallace.  Wallace's sister and mother said they had nothing to wear.  They lived on 8th Ave. in Columbus, Ohio.
In 1940 while pregnant they moved into an apartment on Frames. Ave.  When Wallace got a job in Orwell, Wilda left her job at the university.  They lived in the old town hall by the school during the school years.  Summers they had to make alternate arrangements.   Feb 24, 1941 their first child, Sean, was born in the home here.
In 1942 they moved to Lakeside, Ohio while Wallace worked at Danbury High.  She had her second son, Willard, while here April 23, 1943.  Wallace left Danbury and they moved into grandfather's house (  I don't know which - possibly George Potts).
She moved to Toledo when Wallace was hospitalized and worked for Willys Jeep and lived in an appartment in Rossford.
In an attempt to help with the war effort they moved to Spokane, Washington.  Wallace's mom, Lydia,  came with them.  To find work they moved to Seattle.  They lived in  a boarding house until they could buy a house in the Lake City  development.  Wilda worked at Markey Machinery.  She had her third child Norreen Bernice,
They sold the house at Lake City and bought a house just outside Bellvue.  When Wallace went o the hospital for a "nervous breakdown," one of many times, they sold the home to pay for the bills.  They drove back to Ohio and stayed with her sister in law Elsa's family while Elsa was in the hospital.
When Wallace got a job in Loudoville, they found an apartment on U.S. 3 ner Shreve.  Later they moved to a duplex in Loudonville.  When the duplex owner's sold the home, Wilda's parents helped them buy a partially finished house.  She held a preschool in the basement from 2 years and in 1951 started a kindergarten.  In the summers she worked for recreations and crafts for girls.  She also took in ironings and cleaned house for people.  She was on Welfare and aid often during the years her husband was hospitalized.
She began working as a secretary in Loudonville High School part time and in 1953 went to full time. They stayed thereuntil Sean graduated from Loudonville in 1959.   When Wallace got a teaching job at Maume High School in 1959, Wilda took a secretary job there.  They lived in a garage apartment until they bought a house on Anderson in Maumee, Ohio.  In 1961 she has a hysterectomy because of a tumor.
In 1963 they sold the house on Anderson to build in a new development on Anderson.  They moved in spring.
In summer 1965 she went to New York when Wallace had a fellowsip in Oneanto, NY.
In 1976 Wilda and Wallace moved to Ashland, Ohio to a split home with her parents.  She retired in September 76.  Her parents moved to KY in 1977 and Wilda and Walace moved to a Duplex in Ashland.  Wallace died there.
In August 1980 almost a year after her husband died, Wilda moved to Middletown, Ohio near Noreen and her family.  From October '80 through June 83 she work as a house mother for the Delta Zeta sorority at OSU.  After 5 years there, she left to open the new Phi Mu sororuty at Indiana University.    After two years she left to be closer to Noreen's family again.  She worked as a house mother for TPA soroity at UC.  She retired for good june, 1992.
Wilda bought a house at 1928 Erie St.  in Middletown, Ohio.  She lived there in retirement until her death from cancer Saturday January 24, 2009.  She had visited every capital in the US.  She spent her retirement traveling with Noreen, serving at her church, Episcopal Church of Southern Ohio, and visiting with family.

Wallace Potts Hoyt 1916 - 1979

1948

Wallace > Sean > Brue > Lillian

Born Wallace Hoyt Potts  1916 to George Herbert Potts and Lydia Stone Hoyt.  Wallace's parents separated in 1928.  He lived with his father but for an unknown reason at some point he couldn't live with his father and moved in with United Brethren minister Rev Jaynes and wife in Norwalk, OH.  His mother could not support him.  He worked and saved and earned a Club scholarship to go to Ohio State University in pre-law in 1934.  He was a page in the Ohio Senate while going to school.  He had a nervous breakdown in 1937 and moved in with his sister Elsa and her husband Howard Florian.  He would suffer from mental disorder the remainder of his life.  He returned to school the following year in Education.   He met Wilda McCallister at school Dec. 1938.  Their first date was the play Shadows and Substance by Sean O'Casey.  Wallace changed his name to Potts Hoyt after he met Wilda but before they were married.   The name change was "partly because he thought it would be more of an advantage as a teacher" according to his Wilda.  It is also speculated that it was because of differences with his father.  They married Dec 16th, 1939 at the Olentangy Village apartments.  Their families did not attend the wedding.  He finished school in 1940.  He majored in Social Studies (history) with a minor in English (speech).  Wallace and Wilda lived in a rooming house on 8th Ave.  near OSU while he worked in the dorms.  While they were expecting their first child, Sean (b. Feb 1941), they moved to an apartment on Frambes Ave.  that belonged to a college professor, Frances Jones, who had been a great help to Wallace in the college speech dept.
He got a job teaching English in Orwell, OH.  They lived in the old town hall next to the school with no running water except a pump in the kitchen.  He worked at Heckler Dairy in the summers.  Since the owners of the town hall apartment only rented it in the fall through spring and lived there in the summers Wallace and Wilda stayed summers elsewhere.   Once with his brother Herbet, once over a restaurant, once in a summer cabin at Heckler's beach.  He made $1200 a year teaching.  He was laid off in 1942.

1974

They moved to a rental in Lakeside Ohio when he got a job teaching at Danbury High School.  Wilda writes "Wallace and a friend, Willard Bird, tried to enlist in Merchant Protection Service."  I believe she meant the Coast Guard.  For what ever reason he was not accepted.  With the US at War he and Willard enlisted in the Navy.  His second son, Willard Wallace Hoyt, was born April 23rd, 1943.
Wallace left his Job at Lakeside in hopes of leaving for the service.  With no job they went to live in grandfther's house who according to Wilda "died in 1943 and property wasn't settled" (Sean's grandpa? Wilda's grandpa Ferguson?).  He took a job at Jeffrey Motors.  While there he had another breakdown.  He committed himself to Toledo State Hospital.  As a result he was not allowed to accept his military appointment.  He was in the hospital from July to Dec 1943.  While in the Hospital his Mother stayed with Wilda and the kids. When he got out he took a job Chevrolet Transmission Plant in Toledo.  He left this job in June to move to Spokane, Washington  (1944) because (according to Wilda) he wanted to help the war effort.  When he couldn't get a job there, he moved to Seattle and worked for Boeing aircraft in material control as an expeditor.  After living in a boarding house for a while they bought a house Lake City Development.  His Daughter Noreen was born in 1945.  When the war was over and many Boeing employees were laid off.  Wallace's mother died in Nov. 1945 and was buried in Acacia Cemetery.  Wallace worked there a couple weeks and they sold the house in Lake City and bought a smaller house with an acre of land  in Belllvue, WA.
Wallace got a job as n insurance adjuster in Sep 1945.  (The order of dates don't make sense to me but this is the way Wilda wrote it)   After being on the road for "a while" he was promoted to head of the department.  In 1947 Wallace had another "nervous breakdown"  he was "let go" in June, 1947.  He went to a private Hospital in the care of Dr, Wirth.  They had to sell the home to pay the bills.  They drove back to Ohio in July, 1947.  They stayed with his sister Elsa's family while she was in the hospital having surgery for cancer.  After this he attained a teaching position in Loudonville, Ohio.  They rented an apartment in Loudonville on US 3 near Shreve.  They soon moved to a duplex owened by the Henleys.
Wallce had his fourth "nervous breakdown'.  The hospitalizations are for schizophrenic episodes.  He was removed from the home this time while his eldest son watched on.  He was in Columbus State Hospital form Jan to Feb 1948.  After this he worked at Wander in Wooster.  After a fifth episode he was hospitalization from June, 13th through July 22nd (again at CSH) he got a job at "Flxible" in Sep 1948.  No sooner than he started he was hospitalized again October 24th to Dec 7th and was "released" from Flxible.  Between this and his next hospitalization he worked at Sohio.  From Apr - May 50 he was again hospitalized.  The Henleys sold the house to Don Kick so the Family had to move.
Wilda's parents put a down payment on a partially finished house and loaned money to Wallace to finish it.   I think this was the home in Loudonville, OH.  Wallace was back in the hospital yet again from October 7th through December 21st, 1950.
Upon getting out of the hospital he took a job with Cooper Bessemer in Mt. Vernon.  Again he was back in the hospital from April 2nd to May 1, 1951.  Over the years his treatment included insulin and shock therapy.  The family was often on welfare and Wilda worked many jobs to cover family expenses during the years Wallace was hospitalized.
Next, Wallace worked at Borg-Warner in Wooster.  Again he was sick.  This time Dr. Benjamin Kovitz recommended a new drug, Reserpine.  It worked and this is the last mention of hospitalization for Wallace for mental illness.
In addition to the nervous breakdown in '37, Walace was hospitalized in '43 (5 months), '47 (one month),  '48 (3 times for a total of 5 months),  '50 (twice for a total of 3 months), '51 (one month) and his final breakdown (undated btween 51 and 53) marked his final time.
After this he took a job with Kallmerten & Baier cement in Mansfield as a bookkeeper.  In 1957 he took a job with Bellville High School as a teacher and coach of plays.   During Summers he went to OSU to get his Master's in Guidance.
In 1959 he started teaching at Maumee High School.  They bought a house in Maumee on Anderson Ave.  He finished his Master's in 1961.
He sold the house on Anderson to buy land and build in a new development also on Anderson in 1963.   This is the earliest home where I remember visiting my grandpa.

In 1976 Wallace and Wilda moved to Ashland, Ohio to a lot that had two homes connected by a central garage with my great grandparents.  I remember thinking how add the split homes were and that my grandparents and my great grandparents were next door.  1964 or 65 he started working as a guidance counselor for Penta County Vocational School. Wallace retired in 76 with a hearing disability.  Wilda's parents moved to Lexington, KY in 1977 and Wallace and Wilda They moved to a duplex in Ashland.
November 15, 1979 Wallace died in his sleep of "emphysema and heart disease."
I know form being in his vicinity that he snored louder than anyone else I have ever met (his son Sean being an impressive snorer also).  He also smoked a lot and was very overweight.

From as early as I can remember until his death I visited with him, went on annual camping trips and holidays, went to the Toledo Zoo and Cleveland Indians games with him.  He always had a hearing aid in one ear and a transistor radio in the other with baseball on.  I have many letters to the editor he wrote about how the Tribe could improve.


Most of the information in this post is from a document typed by Wilda Hoyt.

Sean McCallister Hoyt 1941 -

2007

My father, Sean Hoyt, was born February 24th, 1941 to Wallace and Wilda Hoyt. He was born at home in Orwell, OH. They lived in the old town hall by the school.  He was named after playwrite Sean O'Casey who wrote the play "Shadow and Substance" his parents had seen.  They READ his name in the program but never HEARD it and assumed S-E-A-N was pronounced "seen". and so he was named Sean(seen).  He went to Kindergarten in Bellvue, WA and started first grade in Shreve, Ohio before the family moved to Loudinville. He went to school in Loudinville from mid first grade thruogh High School. After high school Sean went to the University of Cincinnati. While working on his Mechanical Engineering degree, he met and married Linda Guillet in 1962.  After finishing school he took a job in sales with Mobile Oil. After living in Cleveland, OH, they moved to Schenectady, NY ( 1965 - 66) and had their first child Laurie Janury 21, 1966.  They moved again to Cleveland (1966-68) and had second child Brue (the author Aug. 12, '67) he came to Youngstown, OH  and took a job selling for IBM in 1968. His third child Robin was born 14 Feb 1969.  While at IBM he bought his first home at 721 N Lewis Seiffert Rd. He left IBM to start his own business: Hoyt's Data Management. The company ended after 7 years. Sean separated from Linda in 1979 and was divorced the following year. He lived in apartments in Hubbard and Hiram, OH.  He married Ellen Lamoreux of Iowa and bought a home on Lemond Blvd. Shaker Heights, OH 1984(?). Ellen's daughter Lori (b.~1968) lived with them.  He began a new business venture Computer PROcessing which would be a lifetime of work. The product and business would later go by the moniker S2000.  He moved to lot 3 Armendarias, Elephant Butte, NM with Ellen in 2001(?).

1943

Around 2005 after Ellen was diagnosed with terminal cancer.  In 2005(?) he filed for divorce from Ellen.  He married Karin Stewart, from Albuquerque.  Prostate cancer progressed and surgery was required to remove affected areas.  Sean divorced Karin in 2009. In Dec 2010 legally married Edelmira (Edel) from Bogata, Columbia he had met via the internet in 2010.  This is her second marriage.  In 2011 they had a church wedding and they sold the House and business and purchsed a house in South Carolina.

As of July, 2014 Sean is living in Blufton, SC with Edel and still selling.

Linda Lauretta Guillet 1941 - 2010

2. My Mother is Linda Lauretta Guillet, daughter of Ross and Lauretta Guillet. She was born March 30, 1941. She was born in Cleveland and grew up in Miamisburg, OH. She was the second of four girls. She attended a Methodist church growing up and often as an adult. She worked as a lifeguard in high school and college. She started college at the University of Cincinnati where she met Sean Hoyt. They were married in September.  They were in Cleveland, Schenectady, NY (Where she had her first child, Laurie), Cleveland again where I (Brue) was born, Youngstown, OH and finally 721 Lewis Seiffert Rd, Hubbard, OH 44425. While in Hubbard she had her third child, Robin, and finished her degree at Youngstown State University. After receiving her BSN she worked at Crittendon Home with young mothers. In 1972 she adopted her fourth child, Karla (b. 30 Oct 1971).  Sean left her in 1979.  She began work at Heritage Manor Jewish nursing home in Youngstown in the late 70's. In December 1982 she moved the family to 100 Westview in Hubbard closer to the school so the kids could walk to school.   In 1986 she remarried George O'Neil.  They lived in his house for a month before buying a home together on Grandview Ave, Hubbard. The marriage lasted seven months. Linda bought a house at 118 fifth Ave. Hubbard (1987). Linda had many joyful times in her life but she dealt with struggles one day at a time for most of her life. As a result she left her job at Heritage Manor and moved to Virginia Beach to start a new life by the Ocean. She missed home and family and possibly had trouble living one day at a time alone so she returned to Ohio (~1993). She resumed working  to Heritage Manor.  After renting in Liberty, OH for a few years, she bought a house in Mill Creek Park in 1996 (532 Glacierview Dr. Youngstown, OH 44509) near her youngest daughter's house  In 2003 she retired from Heritage manor at the age of 62.  She spent her retirement in the park with her dog, traveling with her sisters and visiting with her children. Her entire life she loved Christ, animals, outdoors, fitness and gardening. On June 23rd 2010 she passed away in her home.

Brue McCallister Hoyt 1967 -

2006

1. My name is Brue Hoyt. I was born August 12th, 1967 in Cleveland, OH. My parents are Sean Hoyt and Linda Guillet. They traveled in Europe for their honey moon.  My mom heard the name Brue while in the south of England.  There is a river Brue and a surname Brue that appears in this area.    I have an older sister Laurie 1966, younger brother Robin 1969, and younger sister Karla 1971. I moved to Youngstown, OH in 1968. The family moved to Hubbard, OH in 1969. I lived at 2631 (formerly 721) Lewis Seiffert Rd. until the end of Middle School. I was involved in Cub Scouts, Indian Guides, Baseball, swimming and 4-H. My parents separated in 1978. In 1982 we moved to 100 Westview Ave. I worked as a Lifeguard and swim instructor.  I was in the Band, on the Swim team, Track team and Cross Country team. One week after High School I joined the Army (1986) and was stationed in Birmingham, Alabama. At the end of Basic Training I went to Medic School in San Antonio Texas. At the end of my training I moved in with my mom and her new husband in Hubbard. I worked nights at a Sohio gas station. In April 1987 I started school at Ohio State University. I lived in Lincoln Tower, 17th floor. This was a bad living situation. The following summer (1987) I lived with my mom, now separated, on 118 Fifth Ave. in Hubbard and worked at Lorel's park life guarding.   I returned to OSU and lived in Bradley Hall (87-88) which was a much better place. At first I worked at Wendy's. Later I started working at OSU swim pools (Jan 88).

I again worked at Lorel's and lived with my mom on 5th Ave. in the summer 1989.  I went back to school early to be close to a girlfriend.  Her father promised me a great job that turned out to be me working a lot for a little money.  I lived with my friend Aaron Phelps and his family in Grove City. When the school year (88-89) started I moved to 81 E. 8th Ave 43201.   It was not the best fit for me.  I continued to work at OSU pools over the summer.

2010

The 89-90 school year I moved to 2197 Indiana Ave.   I stayed here several years.  Midway through the year I left OSU pools unhappy.   I returned to Wendy's only to leave in less than a week when I was

hired at a full service Shell station.  I loved that job.  I was doing poorly in school.  At the end of the school year Operation Desert Storm began.   I was called to active Duty December 6th.   I went to Richmond VA and then on to Ft Eustis Va. where I spent the duration of Desert Storm working in an Army hospital.  I returned to Columbus, Shell and OSU in July 91.   In '92 I left Shell and returned to OSU pools.   I chose to get a degree in French (not a great choice for me).  I met Amanda Watson at Army Reserve training early '93.   I finished my service obligation in Dec, 93. I graduated from OSU in June 94.  I took a job selling used cars at Budget Car Sales. I did not like this. In Feb. '95 I started as a shift manager at Pizza Hut in Grandview which I enjoyed very much.  While there I was offered a teaching position.  I Taught French and Phys Ed at Learning Unlimited for five years. It required teaching summer school as well. Because I was single and pay was low I continued t work part time for Pizza Hut the first year of teaching.  Sept. '94 I moved in with Amanda '89 W. Patterson 43202.  Her friend Karin moved in mid year. We then all moved to 2241 Indiana Ave.  Jan '96 I moved back into 2197 Indiana Ave. In June 1996 I bought 1528 Aberdeen Ave Columbus, OH.  In 1996 I began following Christ.  I was engaged to Amanda.  Amanda got a Dog (Genni) and moved it in with me.   June 1997 I moved out of

1997

my house and in with Christian Friends on King Ave while Amanda moved into

my house to get out of a bad living situation with her friends. We were married July 26, 1997. In 2000 I started a new job teaching 4th grade at Xenos Christian schools. I enjoyed this for 4 years. The 5th year was hard due to differences between me and the system as to how children should be taught. While there I had various summer jobs.  One summer I didn't work.  Nov 2, 2002 we bought 2466 East Ave. 43202 where we still live. April 13th, 2004 Lillian Jane Hoyt was born. At the end of the following school year I left teaching to stay at home with Lily. It was at this time I realized I was 30 pounds over weight with aching joints and unable to run far.  I started running and a couple years later doing triathlons.   Eleanor Watson Hoyt was born Dec 8th 2006. I went back to school in 2007 in Education at Ashland University.   Our dog, Genni, died in 2009.  I coached High School track at CCS for 2 seasons.   I received my teaching certificate from Ashland University in Pre K through 3rd grade with endorsements for 4th and 5th.  I started my Master's program at Ashland.  I substitute taught for a year before getting hired to teach a 4/5 split at Columbus City Schools.  I often subbed at Indianola where the kids go to school.  I was alos the PTO secretary and classroom volunteer there.  I first taught at Sullivant Elementary and now am at Maize Elementary.  I am now 46 years old.  I ran the Columbus Marathon this year in 3:24:02.